A currency trader gathered the following information about Canada (CAD), the UK (GBP) and Germany (EUR): GBP/EUR
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A currency trader gathered the following information about Canada (CAD), the UK (GBP) and Germany (EUR):
GBP/EUR (units of GBP to buy 1 EUR) = 0.8504
CAD/EUR (units of CAD to buy 1 EUR) = 1.4975
GBP/EUR 1-year futures = 0.8563
Risk-free rate in Canada = 4%
Risk-free rate in Germany = 3%
(a) What is the risk-free interest rate prevailing in the UK?
(b) What is the CAD/GBP 1-year futures?
(c) Suppose the CAD/GBP 1-year futures rate is 1.7815.
How would you undertake this arbitrage assuming that you are not allowed to invest in the UK T-Bills market? Show all details for a loan of one million.
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